Building on comparable interactionist theories, here we set to explore the less attended relation between moral values and music preferences.
We operationalise morality according to the Moral Foundations Theory (MFT)[1]}, which defines five dimensions of morality, namely Care/Harm, Fairness/Cheating, Loyalty/Betrayal, Authority/Subversion, and Purity/Degradation. These can further collapse into two superior moral foundations: of Individualising, compounded by fairness and care, that asserts that the basic constructs of society are the individuals and hence focuses on their protection and fair treatment, and of Binding, that summarises purity, authority and loyalty and is based on the respect of leadership and traditions. Moral foundations are considered to be higher psychological constructs than the more commonly investigated personality traits [2]} yet the moral values have attracted less attention from music scientists.
